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Saving Private Sheep Review

PROS

CONS

Like most physics puzzles even known solutions result in failure thanks to random chance.

VERDICT

Fans of physics puzzlers will get a great kick out of the variety in Saving Private Sheep, while casual fans will appreciate the open experimental and lenient gameplay style.

Full Review

App Store Info

It's World War X and the shepherds have abandoned their flocks of sheep to fight the good fight. But who will protect the sheep from those pesky wolves? Why, you will! Saving Private Sheep is a physics-based puzzler from Bulkypix that will have you bending your mind to save each sheep, while keeping the wolves at bay.

Similar to games like Tumbledrop, each level will present you with a puzzle that requires you to eliminate obstacles from the field in order to get each sheep down to the dry ground safely. Some puzzles will require some trial-and-error thanks to the physics engine, but most levels are designed with a logical solution and will take a few attempts to work out. Tapping the screen eliminates certain blocks from the field, allowing the tenuously balanced structures (and your sheep) to fall down.

The puzzles in Saving Private Sheep start off simply enough, but quickly introduce interesting new twists that make use of the game's robust physics engine. The graphics are simple and use a hand-drawn cartoonish style and a few animations that keep the game lighthearted. Progression is simple and even difficult puzzles provide enough leniency for casual gamers to breeze through the game.

Whether you're saving sheep or dropping wolves off a cliff, Saving Private Sheep is an amusing puzzler that's as fun to get right as it is to get wrong. Worth checking out for any puzzle fan.

Description

The War of the Sheep

General call-up (speech given by General Sheepard through the microphone of the B.B.Sheep)
The war between wolves and sheep is raging.
The wolves’ territory is expanding from one day to the next, encroaching on our green pastures.
We must fight these bloody baaarbarians if we want to graze again in peace!
We will show the enemy that we are not lambs and that we will not be led to the slaughter in silence.
It is time to launch operation “Iron Wool”!

Help the woollen warrior conquer enemy territory by leading it into the secure zone.
To do this, you will need just one weapon: your finger!
Destroy the obstacles in the surrounding area to enable the sheep to achieve its objective in total safety.
Increasingly complex structures and special blocks (indestructible, explosive etc.) coming in a variety of shapes and with different actions will make your mission harder.

Saving Private Sheep offers accessible gameplay for any player, thanks to the progressive difficulty which is perfectly paced over more than 80 levels.
Combine logic, dexterity and strategy to achieve victory!

Will you manage to unlock the bonus levels, win the medals and achieve ultimate success in the game?

Sheep Force Army needs you, enroll yourself on the official facebook page. Ask for video guides, advices to complete all levels, talk with a dynamic community and follow the funny lead of General Sheepard himself. http://bit.ly/ayXJ9t

PRESS REVIEWS:

Slide to play: 4/4 Must have. Saving Private Sheep is an entertaining, funny, and difficult game that deserves to be in everyone's collection.

ThePortablegamer:
Saving Private Sheep really is one of the finest physics puzzlers on the App Store by far.